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Tarpon Springs Greeks featured in TV special
Entertainment
Associated Press 
Dec 02, 2014
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The Florida town best-known for its sponge divers is about to get a national spotlight in the TV show "Growing Up Greek." ...
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The Boss becomes Bono: Springsteen sings with U2
Entertainment
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer 
Dec 02, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Bono has some top notch understudies: Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin of Coldplay acted as the U2 frontman, who is recovering from ...
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Mark Strand, prize-winning poet, dies in NY at 80
Entertainment, New York State
Hillel Italie, Associated Press 
Nov 30, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Strand, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate widely praised for his concentrated, elegiac verse, has died. He wa...
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Gifts for movie lovers that go beyond the box set
Entertainment
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer 
Nov 26, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When shopping for the movie lover on your list, why not think outside the box (set)? While DVD or Blu-Ray box sets can still make g...
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Review: ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ doesn’t work
Entertainment
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer 
Nov 26, 2014
The characters of the modern workplace comedy, like the rest of us, don't know how to make a living anymore. Having haplessly tried to murder their bo...
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The science of setting the NFL schedule
Entertainment
The Associated Press 
Nov 26, 2014
The NFL runs dozens of computers for 24 hours a day for 12 weeks to evaluate its millions of possible schedule combinations. Each team's opponents are...
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Barbie dethroned by Team Elsa
Entertainment
Associated Press 
Nov 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in more than a decade Barbie has been frozen out of the top spot on the holiday wish lists of girls. The new reigni...
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Enrique Iglesias, Calle 13 own Latin Grammys
Entertainment
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer 
Nov 21, 2014
Enrique Iglesias picked up his first Latin Grammy in more than a decade Thursday, winning three trophies including song of the year for his platinum h...
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ABC to celebrate Disney on Broadway in TV special
Entertainment, Lifestyles
MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer 
Nov 21, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney will celebrate 20 years of making Broadway magic with a prime-time, hour-long special next month on ABC that highlights many of...
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Master of all mediums Mike Nichols dead at 83
Entertainment
Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer 
Nov 20, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A legend of film, theater and comedy in nearly equal measure, Mike Nichols was an unquestioned fixture of smart, urbane American cultu...
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Auction of Presley items set for January
Entertainment
Associated Press 
Nov 19, 2014
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — More than 60 authentic artifacts related to late singer Elvis Presley are set to be auctioned in Memphis in January. Elvis Presl...
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Review: Revolution gathering in ‘Mockingjay
Entertainment
LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer 
Nov 19, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — All is not well in Panem. At the conclusion of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Katniss's (Jennifer Lawrence) force-field shatter...
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